The reliability of its railway then which was linked with London, made authorities think that they won’t need an airport.

It was only in the 1997 that an airport has been built in Sheffield, but it cannot operate commercially because of its short runway. Another reason for this is that it does not have radar. These shortcomings condemned the future of the airport since it was built.

Presently, plans of renovating the airport so that it can operate commercially are on queue. It will be developed in order to become promising.